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Two Screens At The Same Time: LG G8X Hands-On

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I gotta be honest: after the flop that was the LG G8, which combined forgettable design with bizarre wizard gestures, I didn’t have high hopes for the company’s next smartphone. And that didn’t really change when I finally got to put it the LG G8X in my hand, here at IFA 2019 in Berlin. It just seemed like a slightly spiffed-up version of the LG G8 I’d already consigned to the dustbin of history. Until, that is … it sprouted a second screen. And then I started thinking maybe LG was on to something. Join me for a quick first look at the company’s alternative to the coming wave of folding phones: the LG G8X with Dual Screen case. ... Read More | Share it now!

Nokia’s Latest Phones: A Beautiful Sequel and a Flip-Phone Throwback

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Here’s the thing with affordable smartphones in the US: they’re not always great looking. The Moto G series; the Pixel 3a … they have great things going for them but they’re not what you’d call “lookers.” HMD Global started doing something about that with last summer’s Nokia 7.1 … and the grass is only getting greener. I got some time with the new Nokia 7.2 ahead of its announcement at Berlin’s IFA 2019 trade show, and at the same time I got to go hands-on with the Nokia 2720 Flip 4G, a clamshell blast from the past with a stormtrooper paint job and a hinge I’m already hooked on. Join me for the Nokia 7.2 Hands-On / Nokia 2720 4G Flip Hands-On!... Read More | Share it now!

The Best Travel Headphones [Again]: Bose 700 Review

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The Bose QC35s were the first noise-canceling headphones I ever reviewed – and they’re still some of the best. But in the years since their debut, I found myself leaving them on the shelf more and more often, in favor of newer models from other companies with more features. Well with the Noise Canceling Headphones 700, Bose finally has an offering to arrest that trend – and in all the ways that truly matter to the chronic traveler, it delivers. Join me for the MrMobile review of the Bose 700 Noise Canceling Headphones … my new acoustic daily drivers!... Read More | Share it now!

Fossil’s Gen 5 Tries To Fix The Smartwatch

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Fossil Group offers far and away the most diverse portfolio of smartwatches running Google Wear OS, and the newest installment is finally here. The Fossil Generation 5 seems likely to serve as the jumping-off point for most of the new Wear OS watches we’ll see from Fossil this year, with a resurrected speaker/mic pair and four new battery modes to try solving the Gen 4’s biggest pain points. I’ve spent the past four days giving it a trial run, so join me for the Fossil Gen 5 Hands-On!... Read More | Share it now!

Stay Cool: High-Tech Ways To Beat The Heat

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Too hot this summer? Join the club! The good news: we seem to be on the cusp of a wave of innovation in personal cooling. For this video I’m giving you a look at three products that use good old-fashioned physics to try to keep the sweat down … even if you can’t find a spot in the shade. Join me for a MrMobile tour of the Evapolar EvaCHILL, Embr Wave, and Sony Reon Pocket!... Read More | Share it now!